Her remarkable journey has certainly led her to become an iconic and influential figure in our country’s history Our family matriarch Imelda Romualdez Marcos turns 95 in a few days, on July 2, to be exact. She was born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad Romualdez to Vicente Orestes Romualdez and Remedios Trinidad in 1929. My aunt’s life is a testament to resilience and determination in pursuit of the “True, the Good, and the Beautiful.
” Her remarkable journey has certainly led her to become an iconic and influential figure in our country’s history. Over the past few days, revisiting my aunt’s journey, I have been reminded of the depth of her influence not only on the clan Romualdez but on our nation as well. Her dedication to cultural enrichment, diplomatic endeavors, and her unwavering commitment to public service remains unrivaled.
Most of the first eight years of my aunt’s life was spent on General Solano Street in San Miguel, Manila, adjacent to San Miguel Church, not far from Malacañan Palace. Hers was a childhood filled with memories of love as her mother Remedios, a skilled bordadera and seamstress, decorated their home with handmade tablecloths and curtains swaying along with the gentle breeze. My aunt, along with her younger siblings, wore clothes lovingly sewn by their mother and carefully stored in their big aparador.
Decades later, my aunt would recount, after her mother’s untimely death in the summer of 1938, she would go to the aparador to bre.
